Which of the following best describes why some advocacy groups ...

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Which of the following best describes why some advocacy groups have taken a strong stand against physician-assisted suicide?
 
  a. Ethical belief that life is always preferable to death
  b. Emphasis that there is always hope for a research breakthrough or discovery of a new treatment intervention
  c. Fear that some persons may be encouraged to accept an early death merely because they are not valued by society for their contributions
  d. Helping someone die is murder, plain and simple

Question 2

Which of the following describes a dimension of the social determinants of health (SDH) defined within Healthy People 2020?
 
  a. Employment
  b. Education
  c. Gender
  d. Income

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Because people have previously been killed because they had a disability, some advocacy groups, such as Not Dead Yet, have taken a strong stance against physician-assisted suicide, fearing it will lead to the early or forced death of people with disability. Ethical and personal beliefs and emphasizing the hope for a new treatment have not been stands taken by advocacy groups against physician-assisted suicide.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Five broad dimensions of SDH are defined within Healthy People 2020 as: (a) Economic Stability, (b) Education, (c) Social and Community Context, (d) Health and Health Care, and (e) Neighborhood and Built Environment. Each of these dimensions includes key issues that identify more specific factors (U.S. Department Health and Human Services Healthy People 2020, 2013). Employment, gender, and income are not addressed as dimensions of the social determinants of health within Healthy People 2020.